A theory of creativity is actually just a metaphor. A pool of ideas, a well of memories, a voice.

Hungry ears are sharp ones.

There is something I have noticed about desire, that it opens the eyes and strikes them blind at the same time.

I thought I might write mysteries for the rest of my life.

If there's anything Trollope novels always take seriously, it is money - how it flows from one character to another, how it is managed, who has it, who deserves it, and what it means to a character, male or female.

We sort of read two or three big newspapers but we don't get the flavor of the local events, the local news as much.

English majors understand human nature better than economists do.